Sandgate Unveils Sixth Covered Bridge in Vermont
A new covered bridge rises over the Green River in Sandgate, the first for the town and sixth in Bennington County. Built over the weekend with donated lumber and labor, the lattice design by Susan de Peyster quotes 12 foot 2 inch clearance, taller than nearby Kreffer Bridge, and features an aluminum roof. Road Commissioner Harry Skidmore Jr. and neighbor Chip Webster helped place the structure, with cost expected well under 10 thousand dollars. The project contrasts with the costly 75 thousand dollar repair of the Eagleville bridge in nearby New York, now closed to traffic.
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Sandgate
Bennington County
Susan de Peyster
Arlington Library
Green River
Vermont
Dick Keough
Harry Skidmore Jr
Willie
Chip Webster
Eagleville
New York State
Sodium hydroxide in water delayed for two weeks
Public concern over adding sodium hydroxide to Bennington’s water led officials to delay that chemical’s introduction for two weeks while proceeding with sodium bicarbonate as part of an anti corrosion program. Experts reassured residents that the caustic chemical is not hazardous when used correctly and cited federal guidance and other cities using similar treatment to curb lead leaching.
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John
Bennington
James W. Patterson
Illinois Institute of Technology
Linden Witherell
State Health
Water Board
Gerald E. Morrissey
Seymour Shultz
Gerald P. Morrissey
Patterson
Witherell
Eugene Bilodeau
Bilodeau
Albany
N.Y
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Boston
Two Dead and 100 Hurts in Chicago Puerto Rican Riot
Weekend riots in Chicago left two gang members dead and more than 100 injured after a Puerto Rican Day celebration eruption. Police were attacked as windows and police cars were burned and looted. Tensions rose in Humboldt Park amid gang clashes and a suspected bombing by FALN prior to the rampage.
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Chicago
UPI
James Rochford
FALN
Humboldt Park
Julio Osorio
Raphael Cruz
Osorio
Inside Hollywood notes and local conference followups
The Banner praises President Carter’s Consumer Protection Agency plan. Gerald Raftery comments on the Super Seven battle. Local women plan to act on resolutions from the Women’s Conference in North Bennington.
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Hidit
Carter
Gerald Raftery
North Bennington
Going Solar: A Plain Ranch Housed Heats Itself
In Bedford New Hampshire Ralph Tyrrell uses a passive solar system on a plain ranch house to heat space with sun power. Thick earth built north walls and concrete thermal mass stabilize interior temps while fiberglass and black paint on the south wall trap infrared heat. The home requires minimal wood fuel and shows low electric bills compared with neighbors.
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Bedford
N.H
Ralph Tyrrell
Tyrrell
Bennington County
Supreme Court limits mandatory death penalty in police murder case
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that a state may not require the death penalty for killing an on duty police officer. In a Louisiana case, Harry Roberts was sentenced for the 1974 Mardi Gras officer Dennis McInerney shooting, and the court found the law cruel and unusual.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Warren Burger
Byron White
Harry Blackmun
William Rehnquist
Harry Roberts
Dennis McInerney
Mardi Gras Day
New Orleans
Korean Pullout Scheduled From South Korea
The United States plans to withdraw about 6000 ground troops from South Korea by the end of next year as the first phase of President Carter’s pullout program. Officials said the timetable was conveyed to Korea and Japan by Philip Habib and Gen. George Brown during their area trip. South Korea hosts 30,000 U.S. Army personnel, including the Second Infantry Division with 15,000 to 18,000 soldiers near the DMZ north of Seoul.
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Bernard Gwertzman
N.Y. Times
Washington
United States
South Korea
Japan
Carter
Philip C. Habib
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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